Gary:
I did some of these for legal purposes some years ago. One was well past the
"healing" stage, but was difficult just the same. For that I used a Rollei
SL66, which is mechanical manual exposure and built in bellows, which was very
helpful for closeups.
The most difficult one I did was a videotape of a woman dying of throat cancer.
Her severly distorted neck and face were hideous, but mostly I felt such
sadness.
I know the feelings, and I am glad you took the assignment to see that a proper
job was done.
Earl
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On 10/29/2003 at 9:35 PM garyetx@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>I've just returned from documenting the injuries to a 10-year old girl's
>leg
>resulting from being drawn under a ski boat with the prop engaged. I've
>done medical/legal documentation before and documented a plane crash for
>the
>NTSB (non-fatal injuries). Those involved adults. Seeing a child hurt
>this
>badly by an stupid adult was very, very hard. I argued with myself before
>agreeing to do it. In the end I did it because it is important that the
>work be done well, and I didn't want her to face being photographed by a
>stranger. I was able to concentrate on the job when I had a camera in my
>hand. Now I'm pretty shaken. As well as angry. Maybe writing this will
>help
>some.
>
>OM-4t with ganged T-32s; one on camera, one held away for modeling; Tamron
>90/2.8 macro, Macbeth color checker in some frames for color reference (it
>helps when testifying to the accuracy of the representation). Negative film
>for the latitude and to support scanning for courtroom digital projection
>as
>well as prints.
>
>Gary Edwards
>
>
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